Medicolegal Death Investigation

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The purpose of this Medico legal Death Investigation course is to provide students with the knowledge to perform death scene investigations for coroner's offices or medical examiner offices in Wisconsin (and throughout the country). According to the American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI), "there has always been a nationwide shortage of forensically knowledgeable and technically skilled individuals available to collect initial death information and perform death scene investigations for medico legal jurisdictions (American Board of Medico legal Death Investigators, 2016)." This course will seek to satisfy this need by producing well-informed, competent, and proficient death investigators. Components: Class Prereqs/Coreqs: P: FORENSIC 1320 and junior standing Typically Offered: Fall